Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 12 August, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The GOP Is Winning by Rigging the System—Shouldn't Democrats Do the Same?
Article: "The GOP Is Winning by Rigging the System—Shouldn't Democrats Do the Same?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The U.S. Chamber Has A Long History Of Backing Voters" by Accountable.
Article: "Pritzker calls Texas GOP's remap effort 'cheating,' doesn't rule out Illinois response" by Ben Szalinski.
Article: "Voter caging" by Wikipedia.
Article: "TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won" by Greg Palast.
Executive order: "Preserving And Protecting The Integrity Of American Elections" by Donald J. Trump.
Article: "'The restrictions are unbelievable': States target voter registration drives" by Aaron Mendelson and Ashley Lopez.
Article: "November 6, 2018 General Election" by Georgia Secretary of State.
Case: "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, 584 U.S. (2018)".
Article: "The Disproportionate Impact of Voter-ID Requirements on the Electorate—New Evidence from Indiana" by Matt A. Barreto, Stephen A. Nuño, Gabriel R. Sanchez.
Site: "Voto Latino".
Article: "Voting Rights Groups Sue Texas for Failure to Disclose Records Related to Voter Purges" by ACLU Texas.
Article: "The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering" by Alex Tausanovitch.
Article: "Five Truths About Voter Suppression" by Connor Maxwell, Danielle Root.
Article: "Voter Purge Rates Remain High, Analysis Finds" by Kevin Morris.
Article: "How Gerrymandering Tilts the 2024 Race for the House" by Michael Li, Peter Miller, Madison Buchholz.
Article: "The President's Executive Order on Elections" by Wendy R. Weiser.
Article: "U.S. Census Bureau History " by U.S. Census Bureau.
Article: "'Playing With Fire': Gavin Newsom Warns Trump He Will Wipe California GOP Off the Map" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Voting Rights Roundup: Michigan college students sue over GOP's thinly veiled voter suppression law" by Stephen Wolf.
Article: "Protecting Voter Registration: An Assessment of Voter Purge Policies in Ten States" by Demos.
Article: "Voting & Election Resources" by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Site: "Fair Fight Action".
Article: "The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. What Happened Next in These 8 States Will Not Shock You." by Dana Liebelson.
Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Voter Identification Law in Indiana" by David Stout.
Site: "Rock The Vote".
Article: "GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims" by Erin Durkin.
Article: "The GOP's Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016" by Ari Berman.
Article: "Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election" by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Article: "Almost 1 million Florida voters declared inactive after law purging voter lists" by Chris Young.
Article: "Ghislaine Maxwell cleared to leave prison on work release: report" by David Edwards.
Article: "Republican Rep. LaMalfa hammered in profanity-laced town hall" by John Parkinson.
Article: "New inflation data is worse than you think" by Emily Singer.
When they come for MAGA...who will speak for you? This MAGA couple can let you know....
Article: "MAGA Couple Regrets Trump Vote After Terrifying Border Patrol Stop" by Jack Silvers.
Article: "Trump asks SCOTUS to allow profiling in California ICE raids" by Bob Egelko.
Article: "ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker" by Nick Turse.
Article: "Community Organizer Slams "Fascist ICE Agents" After Arrest of U.S. Citizen Documenting Raids" by Democracy Now!
The Pentagon is planning a "Reaction Force" for civil unrest...what could go wrong?
Article: "Pentagon plan would create military 'reaction force' for civil unrest" by Alex Horton, David Ovalle.
Article: "'This isn't normal!' Leaked Pentagon plan to quash protest triggers fresh fear " by Jon Queally.
Article: "Kent State shootings", May 4, 1970 by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew 5-7) by Wikipedia.
Bible: "Matthew 25".
Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)".
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies" by George Monbiot.
Book: The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel.
Article: "Fact Check: Trump announcement ending dual citizenship is fake, it's an April Fool's joke" by Reuters Fact Check.
Article: "Indian Citizenship Act" by Wikipedia.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act".
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Wright Amendment" by Wikipedia.
Article: "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. "The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right; ..."
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" (Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.) by Wikipedia.
Case: "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute" (2018 voter purges).
Article: "Blackshirts" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sturmabteilung"(brown shirts) by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Mikey condemns - Hegseth's Praise of Christian Nationalist Pastor Who Says Women Shouldn't Vote or be in Military Combat or Leadership Roles
- Mikey Weinstein, Founder & President - Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) @militaryreligiousfreedom.org @MikeyWeinstein
Article: "MRFF Condemns SECDEF Hegseth's Praise of Christian Nationalist Pastor Who Says Women Shouldn't Vote or be in Military Combat or Leadership Roles – With New Video From Mikey Weinstein" by MRFF.
How Trump is selling his latest grift as a gift to the nation - Karl Marx might have been thrilled.
Article: "How Trump is selling his latest grift as a gift to the nation" by Robert Reich.
Article: "'Dizzying sum': Experts alarmed at staggering fortune Trump raked in as president" by Matthew Chapman.
Article: "The Number: How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?" by David D. Kirkpatrick.
Article: "Business career of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.
Article: "What are 34 felony charges against Trump, and what do they reveal?" by Anthony Zurcher.
Crazy Alert! MAGA wars - Lara Loomer Vs MTG
Article: "Laura Loomer vs. MTG feud goes WWE-level nuclear: "She's on her knees" but "it's not for praying"" by TheCriticalMind.
Article: "It's Pritzker's party: Hell yes, he's messing with Texas, and he's not sorry" by Max Burns.
Article: "Here Is All the Money AIPAC Spent on the 2024 Elections" by David Moore, Donald Shaw.
Article: "Pro-Israel groups spent big to oust two Squad members in primaries" by Geoffrey Skelley.
Book: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.
Article: "'No Vacancies' for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias" by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: "LaMalfa Supports EPA Action Toward Repeal of Endangerment Finding" by Eli Mansour.
Article: "Northern California Republican heckled at packed town hall over Trump and Medi-Cal" by Maya C. Miller.
Video: Hundreds of Constituents Boo GOP Rep Doug LaMalfa Over Health Care Cuts.
Article: "A climate of disaster: The lesson of the Kerr County floods" by James Watson.
Article: "Trump cuts questioned as role of Fema in Texas highlights agency's importance in natural disaster response" by Robert Tait.
Article: "How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother" by Greg Palast.
Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" (Al Gore won) by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.
Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.
Hour Three: DC responds on federalizing DC...
- Kymone Freeman, Program Director/Host - We Act Radio / Author, "Ninevah: A Conflict Over Water" @WeActRadio @Blklivesmatter @guerillartist
Video: Trump didn't send in Natl Guard Jan 6th! #staywoke Join FreeDCProject.org #resist.
Article: "Trump deploys US National Guard to DC amid crime emergency claims" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Trump federalizes DC police force, says homeless encampments will be removed" by Kate Scanlon.
Article: "Donald Trump told 'go f*** yourself' live on TV by seething presenter" (Stephen Colbert) by Zara Woodcock.
Article: "Jon Stewart Slams Trump for Claiming He Never Had the 'Privilege' of Going to Jeffrey Epstein's Island: 'The Privilege? The F–?'" by Jack Dunn.
Tweet: "The Administration's actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful. There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia. Violent crime in DC reached historic 30-year lows last year, and is down another 26% so far this year. We are considering all of our options and will do what is necessary to protect the rights and safety of District residents." by AG Brian Schwalb.
Site: Free DC.
Article: "DC Contends with Extreme Child Poverty Disparities by Race, Place, and Age" by Connor Zielinski.
Article: "Lead contamination in Washington, D.C., drinking water" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DC judges say Senate must act within weeks to ease court system backlog" by Ted Oberg.
Article: "Donald Trump, once shunned in Washington, is being feted by a new coalition" by Megan Messerly and Dasha Burns. "If Trump 1.0 led to 'the resistance, Trump 2.0 has led to 'the acquiescence.'""
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Kalief Browder" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tesla Takedown" by Wikipedia.
Is there any other reason to pardon Ghislane other than to buy her silence? Are the victims coming to Capitol Hill? You betcha.
Article: "Trump Nemesis Is Bringing Epstein Victims to Capitol to Push for Files Release" by Ewan Palmer.
Article: "Thomas Massie: US congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo" by BBC.
Article: "Massie, Khanna bringing Epstein survivors to Capitol" by Emily Brooks.
Article: "Derrick Van Orden escalates Mark Pocan feud by posting photo of a naked man in a ski mask with a sex toy" by Anna Kleiber.
Article: "Bernie Sanders brings 'Fighting Oligarchy Tour' to Trump strongholds across deep-red West Virginia" by Charles Creitz.
Site: Free Speech TV.
Video: Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio).
Article: "Rep. Van Orden gets bipartisan scolding after he cursed at teen Senate pages" by Juliana Kim.
Article: "Russian annexation of Crimea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Crimea" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ukraine" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990".
Documentary: Vigilantes Inc: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen.